Palms A.Y.C.E. Buffet: Prices, Hours & Menu January 2023

Updated January 1st, 2023

The Palms is back! And the April re-opening of the resort also saw the re-opening of its popular A.Y.C.E. Buffet.

It stands for “All You Can Eat.” Despite the fairly affordable pricing, the buffet has a clean, upscale décor that invites you to linger and try everything in what the Palms calls, “an open food hall setting.”

The Palms is one of the few Las Vegas casinos to re-open their buffets in this post-pandemic world. And judging from early lines, it is as popular as it was when it first opened in 2017.

A.Y.C.E has seven different international stations. Someething you won’t find everywhere are the USB ports under the booths, allowing you to charge your phone while you eat.

Palms A.Y.C.E. Buffet Price & Hours

Below are current prices for the Palms’ buffet. The second price is for children, ages 3 to 11.

Children under three eat free. Also, these are standard prices, which will likely increase (significantly), during busy Las Vegas weekends and holidays.

Lastly, these prices do not include the Clark County sales tax of 8.375%, meaning a normal Saturday night dinner for 2 will cost you $80.17 combined after tax, (but before tip).

Here’s a fun and thorough look at the Palm’s Buffet from the folks at All You Can Vegas.

Palms Casino Resort A.Y.C.E. Buffet Menu

As mentioned above, there are seven different food stations at A.Y.C.E. In a twist, you won’t find your usual “Asian” station or “Mexican” station.

Instead, the different stations are based on how the dish is prepared. These stations are called The Greenery, The Hearth, The Roastery, World Pan, Smoke & Fire, Revival & Sweet & Light.

The chef in charge of all of the restaurants at the Palms comes well received from his previous gig at Stations-sister property Red Rock Casino Resort. With a new buffet, and a well-regarded chef, there may be numerous changes to the menu, meaning some of the items shown below may not be there during your visit.

The buffet may change for holidays and special occassions as well, as it did for a week in March/April when there was a special Passover menu. Hopefully however, most or all of the items we’ve inventoried below will be what you’ll find during a typical visit.

Breakfast

Of course you’ll find the requisite made-to-order omelet station (with 12 different toppings or ingredients), along with bagels with Four different cream cheeses, including a smoked salmon cream cheese.

There are egg dishes, French toast, pancakes, hashbrowns, bacon, sausage, etc, along with Country fried steak, biscuits & gravy, oatmeal and Cream of Wheat.

On the sweeter side, you’ll see cinnamon rolls, and sticky buns with caramel sauce. Other Pastries included mini cream puffs and chocolate croissants.

More non-traditional breakfast buffet dishes include a smoked brisket eggs benedict, Apple raisin walnut salad, breakfast potato salad, and Johnny cakes (a pancake with corn meal), with a fire roasted jalapeno syrup.

At a recent brunch, I saw breakfast quesadillas, however I’m not sure these are all available during normal breakfast buffets however.

The healthy options include fresh pressed juices, a watermelon salad, a variety of fruit options, and even a crispy “bacon” made from eggplant.

Saturday and Sunday Brunch admission comes with unlimited champagne.

As for the seven food stations, here’s a quick rundown of each one:

The Greenery

In addition to the traditional buffet salad bar (albeit with more gourmet options, such as artichokes and pesto mozzarella), the pre-made salad options include a watermelon citrus salad, olive salad, roasted eggplant salad, presto pasta salad, and a loaded potato salad.

There are also breads, a pre-made wedge salad, and individual servings of shrimp cocktail.

The Hearth

Dominated by the large brick oven, dishes in this section include: New England clam boil (individually served), French Onion soup (individually served), Spicy Buffalo Mac’n’Cheese, and pizza of course.

There’s also Stromboli, (both meat and vegetarian), lasagna, a make-your-own pasta station, red curry mussels, roasted asparagus, and a couple of different varieties of elote, including a spicy Cheetos elote. (Elote is grilled Mexican street corn).

The Roastery

A.Y.C.E’s carving area has prime rib, ham, turkey and roast beef, fried chicken, and aa rosemary garlic porchetta.

Vegetarians may not usually stop by the carving station, but that would be a mistake here, as A.Y.C.E. has a roasted cauliflower steak with curry sauce that doesn’t look too bad.

You’ll also find Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings, Korean short ribs, carne asada with tortillas and more.

World Pan

You’ll find dishes across the globe here, from the Moroccan Lamb dish (served in individual dishes), to Chicken Gumbo with steamed rice on the side.

Other menu items here include general tso chicken, Singapore noodles, Chinese chicken salad, Mongolian beef, pork panang curry, and two different poke bowl options: salmon or tuna.

A cold ramen noodle station provides you a selection of 13 different toppings, such as cilantro, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, and the like.

A crowd favorite is the walnut shrimp, and I believe it is only served at the dinner buffet.

Other dishes at this station include pot stickers, spring rolls, egg fu yung, and a duck cassoulet.

Smoke & Fire

As you’d imagine, this is for your carnivores. The brisket is well received and there is chipotle lime chicken, barbecue ribs, a fire smoked ratatouille, blackened catfish, hushpuppies and smoked turkey wings.

Revival

The Palms has gone out of their way to provide the conscious eater with plenty of healthier options.

This Revival section is all vegetarian dishes, and includes vegan stuffed peppers, Five-bean vegetable chili, spinach & artichoke dip (with pita bread), black bean bolognese, jack fruit chilaquiles, pita chips with hummus and/or baba ganoush, cauliflower and quinoa grits, and a rainbow chard hash.

Sweet & Light

A.Y.C.E.’s dessert area is the first buffet I’ve seen to have a made-to-order cookie ice cream sandwich station.

Here you choose the “bread” of the sandwich, (i.e. chocolate chip cookie, sugar cookie, peanut butter cookie or oatmeal raisin cookie), then pick among ten different ice cream/gelato flavors.

In addition to the usual favorites, (vanilla, strawberry, etc.,) I saw a cappuccino flavor, spumoni, and a stracciatella gelato. After that, the cookie sandwich chef will add your choice of a topping, such as sprinkles, M&Ms, etc.

Other selections here include lemon meringue squares, coffee mousse, peanut butter mousse, a cheesecake parfait, apple cobbler, cinnamon roll bread pudding, macaroons (in pistachio, coconut, vanilla, lemon and more), opera cake, carrot cake and the like.

Non-traditional desserts include vegan brownies and vegan coconut cookies. In addition, there is a decent selection of sugar-free desserts as well.

Other

Going against the Las Vegas Strip buffet trend, waiters or waitresses bring drinks to you, rather than the self-serve drink stations you often see at Las Vegas buffets these days.

Between their affordable pricing, quality of dishes, and variety of non-traditional offerings, the A.Y.C.E. Buffet at the Palms has quickly established itself as one of the better buffets in Las Vegas.

The Palms official A.Y.C.E. Buffet page is here: Palms.com/aycebuffet

(By Steve Beauregard. Top photo courtesy of the Stations Casino’s media blog. Second photo courtesy of Sam Abrams via Station’s Casino).